As another the second week of the NFL regular season concluded, Baltimore continued to smother their opponents, Brett Favre bounced back statistically, and Daunte Culpepper felt the heat from the inferno of Miami fans. Pre-game line and total are in parentheses.

Sunday, September 17, 2006

Oakland Raiders 6 at Baltimore Ravens 27 (Ravens -13, Total 34)

Quoth the Ravens never score (a Touchdown).

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Under, but just barely

Houston Texans 24 at Indianapolis Colts 43 (Colts -14, Total 47)

Peyton Manning (26/38, 400 yards, 3 TDs) starts campaigning for MVP early.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Over with a vengeance.

Cleveland Browns 17 at Cincinnati Bengals 34 (Bengals -11, Total 41½)

What do you mean Carson Palmer was injured last year?

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Over

Buffalo Bills 16 at Miami Dolphins 6 (Miami -6½, Total 37)

Daunte Culpepper’s numbers (23-32, 250yards, 1 TD, 1 INT) are deceiving.

Spread Covered: No

Over/Under: Under

Detroit Lions 7 at Chicago Bears 34 (Bears -9, Total 32)

The Monster’s of Midway are clicking on defense and offense.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Over

Carolina Panthers 13 at Minnesota Vikings 16 (OT) (Panthers -1, Total 37)

As Steve Smith goes, so do the Carolina Panthers.

Spread Covered: No

Over/Under: Under

New York Giants 30 at Philadelphia Eagles 24 (OT) (Eagles -3, Total 42)

The bad news, the Eagles lost the game and DE Jevon Kearse. There is no good news.

Spread Covered: No

Over/Under: Under

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 3 at Atlanta Falcons 14 (Falcons -6, Total 35½)

The 2006 Bucs are starting to look like the 1976 Bucs, who finished the season 0-14.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Under

New Orleans Saints 34 at Green Bay Packers 27 (Saints -3, Total 38)

Brett Favre breaks out of his funk, but it’s not enough.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Over

St. Louis Rams 13 at San Francisco 49ers 20 (Rams -3, Total 43½)

The Rams blowing a halftime lead could haunt them later on in the season.

Spread Covered: No

Over/Under: Under

The Seahawks didn’t have to rely solely on field goals.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Under

New England Patriots 24 at New York Jets 17 (Pats -6½, Total 37)

The Patriots continue to be the toast of the AFC East.

Spread Covered: Barely

Over/Under: Over

Maybe trading Drew Brees wasn’t such a bad idea after all.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Over

Current AFC West team Denver did this week, what ex-AFC West team Seattle did last week.

Spread Covered: Nope

Over/Under: Not even close.

Washington Redskins 10 at Dallas Cowboys 27 (Dallas -7, Total 36½)

Cowboy backers are happy that Dallas covered, Bill Parcells is secretly happy that TO got injured.

Spread Covered: Yes

Over/Under: Over by the hairs on their chinny chin, chins.

Monday, September 18, 2006

Pittsburgh Steelers 0 at Jacksonville Jaguars 9 (Steelers -3, Total 37)

It seems ironic that Pittsburgh came out on the losing end of a game that featured strong defense.

Spread Covered: No

Over/Under: When a game is the lowest scoring in Monday Night Football history, chances are it went under.